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Synecdoche, New York

November 15th, 2008

Synecdoche, New York looks like but should not be confused with Schenectady NY where this story is set. If indeed you are not confused you will be by the end of this movie. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is Caden Cotard a little theatre director initially married to Adele Lack (Catherine Keener) literally a small time painter who dumps him to find fame and fortune in Germany. He alternately takes ...

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

November 15th, 2008

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas isn’t really wearing PJ’s. He’s Shmuel (Jack Scanlon) an eight year old in a World War 2 concentration camp uniform who we don’t meet until well into this movie based on John Boyne’s bestselling novel. Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is the films true protagonist. His father (a very un-Harry Potter-like David Thewlisis) is an SS officer enjoying the perks that go alon ...

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Role Models

November 7th, 2008

Role Models is yet another formulaic but ultimately watchable comedy with a message. Danny Donahue (Paul Rudd) is in a dead end job shilling energy drinks to school kids as an antidote to drugs. He shares this job with Wheeler (Seann William Scott) who quite to the contrary finds the gig a dream vocation. When Danny gets rejected by his upwardly mobile girlfriend Beth (Elizabeth Banks who is ...

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I've Loved You For So Long

November 7th, 2008

I've Loved You For So Long is much loved in Vancouver as it was voted most popular film at this years Vancouver international Film Festival. Kristin Scott Thomas is superbly subtle as Juliette Fontaine a withdrawn woman just reunited after 15 years with her saintly sister Lea (Elsa Zylberstein). As the layers of Juliete’s shell are slowly peeled away we discover the reason for the separation, ...

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7361 DUFF Street, Vancouver East, British Columbia

November 5th, 2008

I just finished uploading this House for sale, 7361 DUFF Street, Vancouver East, British Columbia Spacious, quality 3 level house on a large lot in prime and prestigious Fraserview. Walk to David Thompson and Sir James Douglas (French immersion). Very well cared for by original owners. Perfect for entertaining and a large family with 4 good sizes bdrms up, den on main and 5 baths ...

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625 7TH Avenue, Vancouver West, British Columbia

October 24th, 2008

I just finished uploading this Townhouse for sale, 625 7TH Avenue, Vancouver West, British Columbia Two bedroom walk up two level townhouse on pretty tree lines street facing south for maximum sunlight. $20 thousand on renos for gleaming kitchen and baths. strg lkr. Rentals OK, 1 dog and 2 cats ok. Rain screened with warranty remaining. Balcony off the master bedroom, another bal ...

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Pride and Glory

October 24th, 2008

Pride and Glory is a generational cop film that degenerates quickly. It does feature fine performances from the top down – the top being the family patriarch Francis Tierney (John Voight) a career cop whose two sons Francis Jr (Noah Emmerich) and Ray (Edward Norton) also serve as two of New York’s finest. His daughter Megan (Lake Bell) is not on the force but her husband Jimmy (Colin Farrell) ...

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Rachel Getting Married

October 24th, 2008

Rachel Getting Married isn’t so much about Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt) although her upcoming nuptials do focus on her psychologically fragile sister Kym (an Oscar bound Anne Hathaway although impossible to ugly up no matter how hard they try). She’s checked herself out of rehab for the weekend to attend Rachel’s fall wedding at the family’s upper middle class Connecticut home now run by her ste ...

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Closing the Ring

October 24th, 2008

Closing the Ring is the name of a brilliant book by Winston Churchill chronicling a critical time in the Second World War. This film of the same name is also about the Second World War but has nothing to do with Winston Churchill and is far from brilliant. Misha Barton who flamed out on the TV series The OC has resurfaced sharing a character with Shirley MacLaine - who is very good but no m ...

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Passchendaele

October 17th, 2008

Passchendaele is a village in Belgium that in WW1 became synonymous with the phrase cannon fodder. It was also one of the places that Canadian military bravery helped morph this vast country of only 6 million people at the time from colony status into a nation. Canadian actor Paul Gross known for wearing his maple leaf on his sleeve has been working long and hard to get this project on screen ...

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